Aurora gives her sacred essence to help her unfaithful fiancé cultivate human form, only to be butchered in cold blood so her treacherous sister Brielle can harvest her core. Blessed with a second chance, she opens her eyes at the sacred mate selection ritual before the tragedy begins. Instead of repeating her fatal mistake, Aurora thrusts her ungrateful former betrothed toward her scheming sibling and publicly selects Prince Cassian, the feared four-tailed white fox monarch shunned by the royal court.
Corrupt clan elders conspire with Brielle to strip Aurora of her remaining ancestral authority, yet they underestimate her cunning resolve. Cassian unleashes bloody devastation upon every assassin dispatched to harm her, guarding his unexpected bride with terrifying ferocity. As Aurora orchestrates a lethal scheme to reclaim her throne, she uncovers chilling evidence that Cassian remembers the horrors of her previous execution.
